Wire-holder



(No Model.)

J. B. LAWRENCE.

WIRE HOLDER.

No. 587,216. Patented July 27, 1897.-

WITNESSES //INVENT0R Q/QJQZZWM 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. LAlVRENCE, OF SALEM, NEW JERSEY.

WIRE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,216, dated July 27,1897. Application filed November 2, 1896. Serial No. 610,844. (Nomodel.)

T 0 ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPn B. LAWRENCE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salem, in the county of Salem and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in ire-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel construc tion in a wire-holder adaptedmore especially for use upon the cross-pieces of telegraph and telephonepoles, the object being to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durabledevice of this kind.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a cross-piece provided witha Wire-holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section ofythe same.

Referring now to said drawings, 1 indicates the cross-piece 2, the saidholder; 3, the glass insulator, and a the wire. The said'holder 2consists of an upright 5, having feet 6 at its lower end provided withopenings through which screws pass to secure said holder to thecross-piece.

that this said holder is preferably made of metal and is provided at itsupper end with arms 7 to receive the lower end of the glass insulator 3.This glass insulator is provided It will be understood, of course,

at its lower end with an exterior screw-thread or groove 8, by means ofwhich it is fastened to the said arms 7, which are provided with ribs orscrew-threads to engage the screwthreaded portion of the insulator;otherwise the said insulator is constructed in the usual manner, whilethe wire at is secured thereto as formerly.

It will be noticed that a wire-holder constructed in accordance withthis invention will not only effectually hold the wire to thecross-piece,but that, further, it is durable and inexpensive and can bequickly applied and removed, while the danger of breakage is reduced toa minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wire-holder consisting of an upright standard having feet providedwith openings, upwardly projecting arms having interior screw threads,and an exteriorly screwthreaded insulator.

2. A wire-holder consisting of an upright standard, upwardly-extendingarms having interior screw-threads, and an insulator screwthreadedexteriorly at its lower end portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH B. LAWRENCE. \Vitnesses:

JOHN G. RICHMOND, RICHARD KELTY.

